Idaho is considering a unique health care plan that would increase the quality and efficiency of the care most Idahoans receive as well as expand health care coverage to 103,000 Idahoans working and living at the poverty line, including 5000 veterans and their spouses. If implemented, the plan can save Idaho $173 million which could be used to address important needs in education and provide tax savings.

Under this unique Idaho plan, federal dollars would be used to help individuals purchase affordable health care coverage in the private insurance market, while others would gain coverage through a new Medicaid plan focused on personal responsibility and accountability.

The number of contacts each member of the Legislature gets helps build a stronger message to encourage them to act.

There are three easy links to take action:

1. The number of contacts each member of the Legislature gets helps build a stronger message to encourage them to act. Visit www.HealthyIdaho.org and click on the Take Action page.

3. Click on our Voter Voice link to send an email to the Legislators from your district

The comments from you and your staff ARE CRITICAL. Legislative members need to hear from as many people as possible that they must take action this session. Time is of the essence, so please encourage your staff, boards, and trustees this week and share the information with them.

Steele Memorial Medical Center has been chosen to receive an Excellence in Patient Care award given by outcomes firm Studer Group®. The organization will receive the award at Studer Group's 12th annual What's Right in Health Care® conference for their outstanding performance in Emergency Department patient care.

MyChart...What is MyChart
MyChart is a free service that provides online access to health information for patients
of hospitals and clinics that partner with Providence Community Connect. MyChart
gives you secure access to test results and important medical information. Patients can
send messages to their health care team, schedule appointments and pay bills online.
MyChart is an Epic product for online personal health records and is offered to patients
18 years of age or older. MyChart offers patients the ability to:
• Review medications, immunizations, allergies and medical history
• Receive most test results
• Review health education topics and after-visit summaries from their health care team
• Send messages to their health care team
• Request renewals for prescription medications
• Request appointments with your primary care physician and receive electronic
appointment reminders (which come four days before appointment)
• View details of past and upcoming appointments
• Link family members' accounts for convenient access to appointments, immunization
records, growth charts and more

STEELE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER is going Live with Epic...What is Epic?
Epic is an electronic health record (EHR). This powerful tool will help us achieve our quality goals of creating a connected experience for patients, providing consistent workflows for caregivers, easing our patients' way with a streamlined billing process and ultimately offering safer, more reliable care.
Epic is an integrated suite of health care software that supports all of the functions related to patient care. For the first time the entire Providence system will be on the same clinical IT platform for:
• Registration and scheduling
• Inpatient & outpatient documentation
• Ambulatory and Acute Clinical Systems/Emergency Center
• Ancillary systems for Lab, Pharmacy and Radiology
• Billing & financial
• Patient portal for medical record access

STEELE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER Named iVantage HEALTHSTRONG™ Top 100 Critical Access Hospital
Steele Memorial Medical Center scored in the top 100 of Critical Access Hospitals on the iVantage Hospital Strength INDEX™. The INDEX is the industry's most comprehensive rating of US acute care hospitals, and the only one to include the country's 1,300 CAHs. The results recognize that the Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals provide a safety net to communities across rural America - measuring them across 66 different performance metrics, including quality, outcomes, patient perspective, affordability, population risk and efficiency. The list of the top 100 Critical Access Hospitals and more information about the study can be found at www.iVantageHealth.com. To view award article, click link above.

Board of Directors Meeting
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 Closed session is scheduled to begin at 4:00 pm and open session is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m.
Steele Memorial Medical Center Conference Room

Better Breathers Club
With Judi Bailey-Jackson, RRT. The third Thursday of every month. Starts Thursday, July 19, 11:00 a.m. in the Steele Memorial Conference Room. A support group for people with chronic lung disease and their loved ones.

Support Groups
For more information about our Support Groups please contact Beth Miller at 756-5775.